If you find that the text on your printed bills or renewal notices is out of alignment, that is you need to shift the text to the left, right or up or down then follow this procedure.
For older QuickFill systems
If you started on QuickFill before version 1.6 and you have never made any changes to the form designs using QuickFill's Form Designer application, then the top and left margins should be adjusted from the 'Page Setup' screen which can be found on the File menu. There are actually four page setup screens:
Simple Bills. This page setup screen controls standard bills and combination bills, printed on 8.5 x 7 inch forms.
Detailed Bills. This page setup screen controls gift and group bills with detailed lists of ship-to addresses, printed on 8.5 x 11 inch forms.
Simple Renewals. This page setup screen controls standard renewal notices, printed on 8.5 x 7 inch forms.
Detailed Renewals. This page setup screen controls gift and group renewals with detailed lists of ship-to addresses, printed on 8.5 x 11 inch forms.
On each of these page setup screens you will see fields where you can set the left and top margins.
To move text down, increase the top margin.
To move text up, decrease the top margin.
To shift the text to the left, decrease the left margin.
To shift the text to the right, increase the left margin.
Page setup settings are computer specific. You will need to repeat these changes on each computer you use to print bills and renewal notices.
For newer QuickFill systems
If you started on QuickFill on or after version 1.6, or you have used the QuickFill Form Designer application to change the layout of your bills and renewals then you must use the Form Designer to if you need to shift the text on your printed bills. You must also follow this procedure if you started on QuickFill before version 1.5 then skipped directly to version 1.6 or later without ever installing version 1.5.
Start the Form Designer application. You will find it on the QuickFill sub-menu, which you can reach by clicking the Windows Start button, then 'All programs'. If you do not see the Form Designer listed there on your computer, and your QuickFill system is installed to a network server, then you should re-run the Workstation Setup program which can be found on the server in the Workstation folder inside the QuickFill program folder.
Select the appropriate form set and form from the list on the left side of the screen. The 'Blank' form set is the default form set and is used if you have not specified a form code on the bill or renewal package definition screen.
Verify that the 'Snap to grid' feature is turned off. It is turned off if there is no check mark next to the 'Snap to Grid' command on the 'Arrange' menu. If the 'Snap to Grid' command has a check mark then remove it by selecting the command.
Choose the 'Select all' command from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl-A. This will select all of the elements on the form.
Drag the elements up, down, left or right as needed. You can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard to make small adjustments.
Verify your changes by printing a sample page from within the Form Designer. Use the 'Print...' command on the 'File' menu.
Save your changes by choosing the 'Save' command on the 'File' menu.
Changes that you make in the Form Designer are not computer specific. You only need to make these changes once and all of your QuickFill computers will pick up the new settings.
If you want to print standard letter size (8.5" x 11") bills or renewal notices, or if you are printing 8.5" x 7" forms on a sheet-fed printer, you can use QuickFill's default page setups.
To print standard seven inch long continuous form bills or renewal notices on a dot matrix printer through QuickFill you must tell Windows about the unusual paper size that you will be using. This must be done on each workstation from which you will print bills or renewals.
For Windows 95/98/ME:
From QuickFill's 'File' menu, select 'Page setup', then 'Bills' or 'Renewals' followed by 'Standard'.
Click on the 'Printer' button on the bottom right side of the 'Page Setup' screen. The screen that appears will list the default printer for your machine. If the printer listed is not correct, click on the arrow to the right of the printer name and select the appropriate Dot Matrix printer.
Click on the 'Properties' button to the right of the printer name.
Once your printer properties are displayed, go to the 'Paper size' field on the 'Paper' tab and click on 'Custom;' this should be the last paper size listed.
On the 'User-Defined Size' screen, make sure '0.01 inches' is selected for the 'Unit' and then enter '850' for the 'Width' and '700' for the 'Length' for bills and renewals.
Click on 'OK' to get back to your printer properties. Click on 'OK' to get back to the page setup screen that lists your printer. Click on 'OK' until all of the page setup screens are closed.
If you have selected a dot matrix printer the following warning will appear:
"You have selected a non-device font with a low-resolution printer. This may cause printing to be very slow. Are you sure?"
If you are not concerned with how quickly your forms print and prefer to use a font other than one of the 'CPI' device fonts, simply click on 'Yes.' If you would like your forms to print as quickly as possible, click on 'No' to this warning and the page setup screen will reappear.
Click on the 'Body Font' button, select one of the fonts that has a name ending with 'CPI' (such as Courier 12cpi), and click on 'OK.'
For Windows NT/2000/XP:
Steps 1 through 6 of the following instructions take place from your workstation's desktop and not from within QuickFill.
Double click on 'Printers' from the Windows control panel.
Select 'Server Properties' from the 'File' menu.
Select the 'Create a New Form' check box on the 'Forms' tab.
Enter a description (such as, QuickFill Forms) for your form.
In the 'Measurements' section of the screen, make sure 'English' is selected for the 'Units' and then enter '8.50 in' for the 'Width' and '7.00 in' for the 'Length' for bills and renewals.
After entering the correct measurements, click on 'save Form.'
From QuickFill's 'File' menu, select 'Page setup', then 'Bills or 'Renewals' then 'Standard'.
Click on the 'Printer' button on the bottom left side of the 'Page Setup' screen. The screen that appears will list the default printer for your machine. If the printer listed is not correct, click on the arrow to the right of the printer name and select the appropriate dot matrix printer.
Click on the 'Properties' button to the right of the printer name.
Once your printer properties are displayed, click on the 'Advanced' button, go to the 'Paper size' field, and select the form you created above.
Click on 'OK' to get back to your printer properties. Click on 'OK' to get back to the page setup screen that lists your printer. Click on 'OK' until all of the page setup screens are closed.
If you have selected a dot matrix printer the following warning will appear:
"You have selected a non-device font with a low-resolution printer. This may cause printing to be very slow. Are you sure?"
If you are not concerned with how quickly your forms print and prefer to use a font other than one of the 'CPI' device fonts, simply click on 'Yes' to this warning. If you would like your forms to print as quickly as possible, click on 'No' to this warning and the page setup screen will reappear.
Click on the 'Body Font' button, select one of the fonts that has a name ending with 'CPI' (such as Courier 12cpi), and click on 'OK.'